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Creighton Street Barracks housed up to 430 men and three officers on Hanover Lane before demolition in 1843. Crowded into a leasehold building already condemned unfit in 1826, those soldiers likely heard quays traffic through thin walls and shared cramped air until the structure fell.

Creighton Street Barracks A 19th-century barracks on Creighton Street now Hanover Lane was recorded in 2025 in the ‘Our Shared Built Military Heritage: The online mapping, inventorying and recording of the Army Barracks of Ireland, 1690-1921' a project that was funded by the North South Research Programme 2022-2024 and co-led by University College Dublin and The Open University' (Forbes and McGrath 2025). The barracks was described in the inventory of the ‘Army Barracks of Ireland - Our Shared Military Heritage, 1690-1921’ as follows; ‘The Dublin Recruiting Depot was on the north side of Townsend Street and ran up along the left-hand side of Hanover Lane (Creigton Street) to the quays. The building was a leasehold. The depot was in use as a barracks from 1811 to possibly 1832. The building was condemned as unfit in 1826 and eventually demolished in 1843. In 1812-13 it was reported to have capacity for two infantry officers and 230 men, while in 1822 it was occupied by three officers and 430 men'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on description taken from inventory of the ‘Army Barracks of Ireland - Our Shared Military Heritage, 1690-1921 Date of Compilation: 11 November 2025

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